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Nebraska Cannabis Facility Design

Cannabis facility design, cultivation facility design, and cannabis construction oversight for Nebraska’s licensed cultivators, processors, and dispensaries — 500+ cannabis facilities delivered since 2013.

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706-573-5520  ·  Licensed to Practice in Nebraska

Service Area

Nebraska — Omaha · Lincoln · Raymond

Design-Build Process

Grow rooms, lighting layouts, and airflow engineered before ground breaks — every MCC compliance layer built in from day one.

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NE Licensed|Omaha · Lincoln · Raymond|500+ Cannabis Facilities|cGMP · MCC Compliant

Cannabis facility design, built by people who've done it 500+ times

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Licensed in Nebraska

AIA, NCARB — active architecture licensure to practice in Nebraska.

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500+ Facilities Since 2013

Sam Andras and Jeff Lair have led 500+ cannabis and vertically integrated cultivation projects.

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cGMP-Fluent

Cultivation, extraction/processing, and dispensary design built around cGMP and MCC compliance.

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Bridging Consultant Model

One firm from Basis of Design through cannabis construction and occupancy.

Design matched to your MCC license type

MCC · CULV

Cultivation Facility Design

Canopy-compliant grow rooms, environmental controls, and security infrastructure built to pass MCC inspection.

Also called: Grow Facility Design
MCC · PROC

Processing & Extraction Design

cGMP-documented extraction and manufacturing space, from solvent handling to finished-product packaging.

MCC · DISP

Dispensary Design

Retail layouts that satisfy state security requirements while staying built for everyday patient access.

MCC · TEST

Testing Laboratory Design

Lab space designed around sample handling, chain-of-custody, and instrumentation requirements.

Cannabis Architect in Nebraska

Cannabis architect Nebraska is the search a newly licensed cultivator, processor, or dispensary operator runs the moment their Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission license comes through and construction planning has to start — and 3rd Act Architecture and Consulting is a licensed Nebraska architecture firm built specifically around cannabis facility design. Led by Sam Andras, AIA, NCARB, and Jeff Lair, 3rd Act has completed 500+ cannabis and vertically integrated cultivation projects since 2013, covering cultivation facility design, grow facility design, extraction and processing labs, and retail dispensary buildouts.

As cannabis architects who also manage cannabis construction through owner’s-representative and bridging-consultant delivery, 3rd Act can carry a project from the Basis of Design document through construction documents, contractor selection, and MCC compliance walkthroughs — one firm, from license to occupancy, in Omaha, Lincoln, Raymond, or anywhere the MCC has approved a site.

Nebraska cannabis facility design licensed architects MCC compliant

Questions Nebraska operators ask first

Yes. 3rd Act is a licensed Nebraska architecture firm with 500+ cannabis and cultivation facility designs completed since 2013, covering cultivation facility design, grow facility design, processing/extraction, and dispensary projects.
Nebraska’s Medical Cannabis Commission licenses cultivators, product manufacturers, transporters, and dispensaries — but as of mid-2026, no dispensary licenses have been issued, and that side of the program remains legally contested. The real, actionable opportunity right now is cultivator and manufacturer facility design. Vertical integration is prohibited in Nebraska, so a cultivator, a manufacturer, and a future dispensary will always be separate, independently owned businesses. 3rd Act designs cultivation and manufacturing facilities built to Nebraska’s plant-count limits, security requirements, and its unusually narrow permitted product list (tablets, tinctures, oils, patches, and similar forms — no smokable flower or vaporization products).
Yes, Sam Andras holds active architecture licensure in Nebraska in addition to other states where 3rd Act has completed projects.
Both. 3rd Act can serve as a bridging consultant or owner’s representative through cannabis construction, starting with a Basis of Design document and carrying the project through construction documents, contractor selection, and MCC compliance walkthroughs.

Start your Nebraska cannabis facility

From cultivation facility design to dispensary buildout, one firm carries the project from license to occupancy.